1 oct. 2007

The End of ImpunityThe case of Alberto Fujimori suggests that other rogue heads of state will face consequences for their actions.

By Joseph ContrerasNewsweek InternationalOct. 8, 2007 issue - After nearly two yearsunder house arrest in Santiago, Chile, former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori settled into his new quarters last week—a comfortable if spartan suite of rooms at a police base in the eastern suburbs of Lima—where he will await his upcoming trials on charges of corruption and human-rights abuses. If convicted, Fujimori, 69, is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. But Chile's decision to send Fujimori home has already sent ripples throughout the world of international criminal justice.

...(...)legal experts say the kinds of precedents set down in the Fujimori case will increase the pressure on countries to withdraw the welcome mat for ex-despots and bring them to justice. Increasingly, it seems, rogues can run, but they can no longer hide